Sound of Silence

This episode's guest is Vinca Petersen.  Vinca is a photographer, installation, multimedia and performance artist whose work emerges from her deep social and political engagement with under represented communities to give them voice and recognition.  Her photobooks documenting subcultures have been exhibited in the likes of the Tate Modern and in 2010 she created the Future Youth Project that takes diverse groups of volunteers to the Ukraine to help creatively enrich a group of disabled men.  Her alter-ego Dr Joy is a healer who engages the public in serious conversations about over-seriousness.  Recorded at House of St Barnabus, Soho, London.

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This episode's guest is Mark Radcliffe.  Mark is a Sony Award winning broadcaster, musician and writer.  His extensive radio career has seen him present shows on BBC Radio 5, Radio 1, Radio 2 and 6Music including the Radio 2 Folk Show and the legendary Radio 1 "Mark and Lard" show which he co-presented with Mark Riley.  He has also presented a number of music related TV shows including the White Room, Top of the Pops 2 and Glastonbury Festival coverage.  Mark has been in a number of bands including the Shirehorses who supported Blur and appeared at the 1997 Glastonbury Festival and he currently performs as part of the avant-garde electronic duo UNE.  As a writer he has published a number of books including "Showbusiness: The diary of a rock and roll nobody", the novel "Northern Sky" and his latest book "Crossroads" is about pivotal moments in musical history inspired by a challenging and moving moment in his own life when he was diagnosed with head and neck cancer, from which he is now in remission.  Recorded in Knutsford. Cheshire, UK.

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This episode’s guest is Lesley Graney.  Leslie is a mother, wife, social entrepreneur and founder of Random Acts of Nonsense.   Lesley started Random Acts of Nonsense as a Whatsapp group in response to her devastating diagnosis of secondary breast cancer but it soon developed into a website and a series of live events before blossoming into an interactive family show as part of the Brighton Fringe Festival.  Lesley has a rich background in performing arts and, over the last 20 years, has channelled this passion to use drama to transform the lives of young people.  Recorded on Shoreham Beach, Shoreham-by-sea, UK.

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This episode's guest is Remi Rough.  Remi is a street and gallery artist who is known for his abstract geometric shapes, colours and edges.  His art began on walls and trains in South London in the mid 1980s and he went on to become a key exponent and important figure in the abstract graffiti movement.  His work has since been exhibited in cities such as Miami, New York and Berlin both in galleries and as large street-art murals that transform cities through Remi's unique visual symphonies.  Recorded in Peckham, London. 

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This episode's guest is Maria Oshodi.  Maria is a blind writer, theatre director and disability arts consultant whose experimental work pushes the artistic and aesthetic boundaries between experience, identity and place. She has written plays such as "The S Bend", "Blood Sweat and Fears", the screenplay "Mug" for Channel 4 and was recognised as one of the 50 women to watch in cultural leadership.  She's the founder of Extant - a leading performance art company of visually impaired artists and her current project "A Trail of Two Cities" is a symphonic performance exploration of the lives of two blind artists of colour.  Recorded in Brixton, London. 

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This episodes guests are Adam Shakinovsky & Kristian Brodie.  Adam is a writer and storyteller who has made short films with the likes of John Malkovic and Anjelica Huston.  Kristian is an award winning film producer whose films include the BAFTA winning Beast and the BIFA award winning next goal wins.  Together they curate and co-host the live storytelling show One Track Minds which invites special guests to tell the story of a song that changed their lives.  Recorded in the garden of House of St Barnabus, Soho.

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This episode's guest is Caroline Casey.  Caroline is a rebel, a trouble-maker, a dangerous dreamer and an adventurer.  She is also a disability activist who founded The Valuable 500 - a catalyst for an inclusion revolution that exists to position disability on the global business leadership agenda.  Recorded at the House of St Barnabus, Soho, London.

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This episode's guest is Laurence Shorter.  Laurence is an author, comedian, coach and creator of "Lazy Guru" - the world's first cartoon guide to mindfulness and flow.  He is author of "A Hedonist's Guide to Talin" and the best seller "The Optimist: One Man's Search for the Brighter Side of Life" in which he met people such as Desmond Tutu and Richard Branson.  As a comedian he and his work have appeared on the BBC, the Independent and at the Edinburgh Festival and his latest project "Laurence Shorter's Spiritual Experience" is a live chat show that invites special guests to explore profound and often taboo subjects such as death, God and anxiety.  Recorded in The Betsy Trotwood, Shoreditch.

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This episode's guest is Marella Campagna.  Marella is a fashion designer, storyteller, writer and activist.  She studied fashion at Central St Martin's school in London and went on to design for a number of renowned Italian brands.  However, an unexpected meeting with a famous anthropologist on a train reignited her passion for literature and led to her publishing her first book about fashion and the creative process.  Her current research explores more deeply her obsession with psychology and the process of creativity.  Recorded in the chapel at the House of St Barnabus, London.

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This episode's guest is Charlie Gladstone.  Charlie is a man who does many things.  He is the co-founder of lifestyle and vintage brand Pedlars that has both a virtual and vintage marketplace on the web and an actual store and cafe in London's Notting Hill.  He is host of the Mavericks podcast in which he talks to people who have swum against the tide and done something truly unusual and inspiring.  And, as well as projects comprising award winning farm shops, remote Scottish holiday retreats and a village pub he is the co-founder of the legendary Good Life Experience Festival of music, food, craft and the great outdoors - a festival that aims to make life richer, more rewarding and more fun.  Recorded in Pedlars, Notting Hill, London.

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